Dam and Gate

Dam

Dam noun - A bank of earth constructed to control water.

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Gate and dam are semantically related in embankment topic. In some cases you can use "Gate" instead a noun "Dam".

Gate noun - A barrier by which an entry is closed and opened.

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Dam and gate are semantically related in embankment topic. You can use "Dam" instead a noun "Gate".

Nearby Words: gat, gateway, gated, gatehouse, gating

old	old dam	old gate
original	original dam	original gate
single	single dam	single gate
small	small dam	small gate
Other adjectives: actual, entire, enormous, huge, wooden, new, final, temporary, titular, last, nearby, giant, aforementioned, collapsing.

In Smurfette's origin episode in The Smurfs, Smurfette tempted Greedy with a scrumptious smurfberry cake into opening the village dam gate so she could flood the village back before she was changed into a real Smurf.

Source: Food as Bribe
Food as Bribe: In Smurfette's origin episode, Smurfette tempted Greedy with a scrumptious smurfberry cake into opening the village dam gate so she could flood the village back before she was changed into a real Smurf.

Source: Western Animation / The Smurfs
In Superman: The Movie, the earthquake destroys Hoover Dam and starts bringing down the suspension wires on the Golden Gate Bridge (and in a deleted scene, knocks over the Hollywood sign while some Girl Scouts are hiking next to it).

Source: Monumental Damage

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